[Python] contextlib.contextmanager does not raise exceptions if return is in finally clause

I just encountered a really strange behaviour of python's contextlib.contextmanager. Can anyone explain to me if this is intended (and why):

If you put a return into the finally of the contextmanager, any exception raised within the contextmanager is no longer raised.
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from contextlib import contextmanager

@contextmanager
def test():
try:
print("inside the contextmanager")
yield
finally:
print("exiting contextmanager")
return # This shomehow shadows any exception raised within the contextmanager

with test():
try:
raise RuntimeError("ASDF")
except Exception as ex:
print(f"there's an {ex} exception... lets raise it again!")
raise ex
print("i don't care about exceptions")


If I run this, I get the following:

>>> inside the contextmanager
>>> there's an ASDF exception... lets raise it again!
>>> exiting contextmanager
>>> i don't care about exceptions


I would have expected that the exception is raised.

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